I'm failing to understand why someone would choose these "wet" cartridges that are mixed with other compounds, compared to just get a dry-herb vaporizer that you just put the marijuana in. Could some enligheten me?
I've also found good capsule vaporizers to be more reliable than any of the four dry vaporizers I've purchased. But I have personally stopped buying black market vapes after I lost my supplier and the next few I was able to purchase immediately destroyed my lungs... :/
The issue with both flower & oil is that black market producers cannot afford to lose a crop, so if it gets mold or pests then unscrupulous manufacturers will do whatever they have to do to salvage the season.
But I believe that these are a much better product, when manufactured by accountable, regulated, legal companies.
I hope we'll have more safe products available going forward, instead of a ban that helps sustain unsafe black market products.
The herb compartments are very small, which means that you have to refill them literally every couple hits, which also means that they're not very portable and that sharing is basically impossible
The heating elements have to be much larger, which means that they heat up slowly and the batteries have to be recharged every other use.
They start to taste bad quickly unless you disassemble and clean them every other use.
The devices themselves are wicked expensive (hundreds of dollars vs tens), and equivalent quantities of dry herb also costs more than liquid concentrates.
Compare that to a cartridge pen where:
The battery can last for months of regular use without needing to be recharged because the element is tiny and heats instantly.
The cartridges similarly last for months of regular use without needing to repack constantly.
As far as I know, they never need to be cleaned.
A decent pen body costs like $35 vs like $200 for a dry herb vape, and a $50 pre-filled concentrate cartridge can last literally months of regular use.
So young kids see $25, no pipe/papers, ease of transport and hard to get caught.
Dry herb vaporizers are likely much more fragrant than their oil alternatives.
I actually have an expensive portable vaporizer, but much preferred using vape pens + carts.
Now I don’t have access, so I do opt for herb vapes. But I can’t understand why some would use carts, as you can bring them literally anywhere and use them. You really can’t do that otherwise.
I don't think dry herb vapes produce an effect that is very much like smoking, so that could be one concern. I basically don't like the effects of my Pax 3 at all. I'm pretty much done with all of it except an occasional edible though.
It may be harder to get in places where higher THC content is legal (since most users want more THC), but it's definitely not limited to just wet cartridges.
Downside is you need to reload after 5-10 hits.